Recent News Articles

September 30, 2013, Peter Little Interview on BBC World News.
Peter Little was interviewed via skype on BBC World Service TV (from London) on the recent decision by Barclays and other banks to no longer allow Somali-owned money transfer companies to transfer remittances to Somalia, the “lifeline” of the Somalia economy and vital to food security and health in the country.  He was also asked about the horrendous Westgate Mall/Nairobi incident and if the remittance industry/money flows had much to do with this.

July 7, 2013, Researchers Provide training in GIS and spatial analysis.
For 3 days in May 2013, Emory University researchers trained 19 students and faculty members from Addis Ababa University and the Carter Center in the use of GIS and spatial analysis as part of an Innovation Lab-funded project.

September 26, 2012, Development Studies News, "Dr. Peter Gufu Oba Completes Sabbatical Year at Emory University."

July 18, 2012, The Guardian, "Protect pastoralists' rights to tap into Horn of Africa's economic potential"
Prof. Little is quoted on his work on African pastoralism -- in particular from Pastoralism and Development in Africa, Dynamic Change at the Margins. (Edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones, published by Routledge)

April 5, 2012, Masters in Development Practice, News and Events, "Anthropology Meets Economics."
Professor Pranab Bardhan (University of California, Berkely) discussed the integration of economics and anthropological methodologies in development studies at a round-table with MDP students.

March 23, 2012: IRIN News, "Niger: Drought does not mean death of pastoralism".
Prof. Peter Little was interviewed on drought impacts on African pastoralists by the Intergrated Regional Information Network –also known as IRIN News - a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs which is widely used in the relief and development community. Prof. Little, a leading expert on pastoralism, stressed that mobility and flexibility of livelihood strategies as key to the ability of pastoral households to cope with climate shocks.  But he also clarified that  “many policymakers mistake diversification among pastoralists as a desire to exit pastoralism, whereas in reality it actually allows them to remain in pastoralism and to reap benefits both from livestock production and non-livestock activities.”

February 20, 2012, BBC News Africa, "Somalia: Far From a Failed State?"
Prof. Peter Little is quoted on his livestock trade work in Somalia.

November 4, 2011, eScience Commons, "Where's the Beef?  Mideast looks to East Africa," by Carol Clark.

August 4, 2011, eScience Commons, "Famine in Somolia driven by conflict," by Carol Clark.

July 11, 2011, eScience Commons, "What we can learn from African pastoralists," by Carol Clark.

January 31, 2011, The Emory Wheel, "Development Studies Minor to Start in Fall," by Jordan Friedman.

November 16, 2010, eScience Commons, "Climate change, from the hooves Up," by Carol Clark.